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July

A busy month of bowls for Roger, particularly during the very warm weather in the middle of the month, with both matches and club competitions. Helen spent the weekend of 9-10 at home, and of course we watched the Wimbledon final.

On Monday 11 Roger had his annual dental check-up, always approached with great trepidation, but fortunately it passed without alarm.

On Sunday 17 we managed our first visit this year to the Band in the Park concert in Malvern – a simple and relaxing pleasure in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. It was a warm day, and the Tewkesbury Town Band were both entertaining and topical. They began with the Marsellaise in respect for and solidarity with the French following the devastating atrocity in Nice, and finished with music from the different countries of the United Kingdom – not sure whether this was in defiance of, or in celebration of, the Brexit vote: perhaps the latter, as there was no Welsh song, for which ‘Abide with me’ would have been an obvious choice.

On Monday 18 Teresa spent a day in London with Helen, and was very pleased with her tapas lunch at the Cut Bar in the Young Vic.

On Thursday 28 we set out for Snowshill with the aim of taking some photographs at the lavender farm and at Broadway Tower for possible entry into the Photography section of this year’s Winchcombe show. Unfortunately, the light on a grey morning was not good for photography, so we were unwilling to spend much time at the lavender farm. We fared a little better at Broadway Tower, trying a couple of trompe l’oeil shots of Roger and Teresa holding up the tower. However our visit was cut short by a very heavy shower which caught us far from the car-park and soaked us to the skin.

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